Cotton-seed-hull press.



Patented Dec. l7, 190i. W. P. WILLIAMS.

COTTON SEED HULL PRESS.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901) a sheets-1 (No Model.)

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Patented Dec. 17, I90l.

W. P. WILL|AM$. COTTON SEED HULL PRESS.

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BUTTON SEED HULL PRESS.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.)

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- WITNESSES UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM P. \VILLIAMS, OF SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COTTON-SEED-HULL PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0 689,269, dated December17, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1901.

To aZZ whom, it may concern;

Beitknown that 1, WILLIAM P. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident 'of Spartanburg, in the county of Spartanburg and Stateof South Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Cottou-Seed-HullPress, of which the following is a full,clear,and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcotton-seed-hull press which is simple and durable in construction,easily manipulated without the aid of skilled labor, and arranged torapidly press the cotton-seed hulls into very compact bales withoutdanger of the hulls scaling or crumbling from the bale when thelatter'is handled or in transit.

The-inventionconsists of novel features and'parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully describedhereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement with parts'broken out.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionalside elevation of the baling-chamher and adjacent parts, the sectionbeing on the line 3 3 in Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional rear elevation ofthe same on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same onthe line 5 5 in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the finishedbale.

The improved press is mounted on a suit ably-constructed frame A, whichsupports a baling'chamber B, disposed vertically, and in whichreciprocates' a follower C for pressing the cotton-seed hulls into abale, as hereinafter more fully described. The follower G is secured to'a piston-rod C, extending through suitable stuffing-boxes into acylinder E, to connect with a piston O therein, said cylinder beingsupported in the lower portion of the frame A, and connected with asuitable source of motive-agent supply to impart a reciprocating motionto the piston 0 so as to cause the follower C to move up in thebaling-chamber B and compress the cotton-seed hulls in the upper end Bof said chamber to Serial No. 49,769. (No model.)

Fig. 3, said frontB and back B being'adapted to swing open and adaptedto be locked in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 3, by hooks F,secured to the upper end of the front 13, and extending transversely tohook upon a shaft F, journaled on the upper end of the back 13 andprovided with a depending arm F arranged to rest on the beam A of themain frame A when the back B is swung-into a'rearmost position,as'indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. nected from the shaft F permitthe front B to swing into an open position and the back B to swing intothe inclined position above referred to.

- The side 13 is pivotally connected by a link G with an arm G, securedon a shaft G journaled in suitable bearings in the main frame A, (seeFig. 5,) and on this shaft G is held a'depending arm G adapted to beengaged by the operator to swing the same outward, and thereby cause theshaft G to turn so that the arm B and the link Gexert a pull on the sideB and swing the latter into an open position when it is desired toremove a finished bale from the head B, as hereinafter more fullydescribed. The sides B and B are extended rearwardly,as is plainly shownin Figs. 3 and 5, for the back B to extend between the extended portionsof the said sides to form a feed-chute, of which the back B is thebottom when said back is in an outermost position, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 3. The upper end of the feed-chute connects withthe lower end of a receiving- The hooks F when disconhopper H, having atrap-door H, normally hopper H at one side of the handle and arranged toextend in the path of the handle when the trap-door is closed,so as tohold the trap-door H normally in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 3.The upper end of said hopper H is provided with an inlet H opening intothe bottom of the casing I of a conveyer I, extending over saidfeed-chute and receiving the cotton-seed hulls at one end, to deliversaid hulls to the receiving-hopper and fill the same while the door H isclosed. When the hopper is filled then the cottonseed hulls are carriedby the conveyer beyond the hopper H to a suitable storage-compartment,so that the conveyer need not be stopped while the cotton-seed-hullpress is inactive. The front H? of'the hopper H is hinged at its lowerend at H to the main frameA, and on the upper free end of said front 1-1is secured an arm J,formed with an elongated slot J, through whichextends a clamping-bolt J for fastening the slotted arm J securely inposition after the front H has been swung-inward or outward, accordingto the capacity desired to be given to the hopper H to form bales of adesired weight. Thus when the front H is moved inward into the position,for instance, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8, then it takesconsiderably less cotton-seed hulls to fill the hopper than when thefront H is moved farther outward, and as the contents of the hopper areat once discharged through the feed-chute into the upper end B to form asingle bale it is evident that this bale is of more or less weightaccording to the amount of hulls contained in the hopper and accordingto the position of the front H.

It is understood that when the follower C is in a lowermost position inthe baling-chamher and the back B has been swung outward into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the operator releases thespring-arm H from the handle H and the hopper H is filled withcotton-seed hulls then the entire amount of cotton-seed hulls drops downthrough the feed-chute over the back B into the balingchamber B andfills the samesay to the dotted lines indicated byazin Fig. 3. When thishas been done, the trap-door H is again closed, the back 13 is swunginto a closed position to bring the cotton-seed hulls contained in theupper portion of the feed-box, the upper end of the head B, and thefeed-chute completely into said head to nearly fill the same. The pistonC is now caused to travel upward, so that the follower 0 moves in a likedirection and compresses the cotton-seed hulls in the baling-chamber toform a bale D. The front B and the back B of the head 13 are preferablyprovided with suitable trusses for strengthening them.

In using the device haling-plates K K are employed, of which thebaling-plate K is placed in the baling-chamber on the top'of thefollower 0 previously to filling the balingchamber with the cotton-seedhulls, as above explained, and the baling-plate K is placed in the upperend B on the top of the cotton-seed hulls after the same have beendischarged from the hopperH through the feed-chute into thebilling-chamber and its upper end, as above explained, and previous toclosing the back B When the follower O rises, the baling-plate K iscarried along and the balingplate K is pressed against the top 13 of thehead B and is bolted or otherwise secured to the frame A, as indicatedin Fig. 4. The follower 0 and the top 13 are formed with the usualgrooves for the passage of the bale wires or bands L, which also extendthrough slots in the front B and the back 13 to permit proper tying ofthe bale, and the bale-plates K K to form the bale, as shown in Fig. 6.

After the bale has been finished the front B and the back 13 as well asthe side B are swung open to permit of removing the finished bale fromthe head B previous to returning the follower O to the lowerendof thebalingchamber. B. As soon as the bale is removed the front B and theside B are again closed, while the back B is left in an inclinedposition, the arm F supporting the back, and thereby forming a back forthe feed-chute, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. 'In the meantimethe hopper H has filled with cottonseed hulls, and the operator newagain unlocks the trap-door H and allows the same to swing into an openposition, the lower end of the trap-door abutting against the upper endof the back B to close the feed-chute at the rear end and preventspilling of the cottonseed hulls as the same pass from the hopper Hthrough the feed-chute into the balingchamber and its head, aspreviously explained.

As shown in the drawings, these wires are used for binding the bale, theoutside wires being located very near the edge of the bale to securelyhold the hulls in place and pre vent peeling off of the hulls.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A press, comprising a baling-chamber havinga back adapted to swing into an open position, a receiving-hopper havinga trap door, a feed-chute intermediate said receiving-hopper and saidbaling-chamber, to fill the latter from the receiving-hopper, the bottomof the chute being formed by said back when in an open position, andsaid trap-door forming the rear portion of said feed-chute when in anopen position, as set forth.

having one of its walls arranged to swing into an open position, areceiving-hopper having a trap-door, a feed-chute leading from thehopper to the baling-chamber, the bottom of the chute being formed bysaid wall of the baling-chamber when in an open position, the saidtrap-door when open forming a part of the said chute, and a conveyeropening into the said hopper, as set forth.

3. A press, comprising a baling-chamber having one of its walls adaptedto swing into an open position, means for locking the said 2. A press,comprising a baling-chamber wall in the closed position, means forsupporting the wall in the open position, a receiving-hopper having atrap-door, and a feed-chute intermediate said receiving-hopper and saidbaling-chamber, the saidwall of the baling-chamber and the saidtrap-door when in the open position forming the rear portion and bottomof the feed-chute, as set forth.

4. A press, comprising a baling-chamber,

a receiving-hopper having one of its walls hinged at its lower end thesaid wall being movable to regulate the capacity of the hopper, an armsecured on the upper free end of said wall and formed with an elongatedslot, a clamping-bolt extending through said slot for fastening the armin position, and a feed chute for filling said baling-chamber from the"and provided with a trap-door for retaining the material in saidreceiving-hopper when the trap-door is closed, said trap-door formingwith said back the rear portion and bot tom of-the'feed-chute, as setforth.

6. A press, comprising a bailing-chamber, a follower therein, acylinder, a piston mov 3 5 able in said cylinder and having itspistonrod connected with the said follower, a back for. the upper partof said baling-chamber adapted to swing into an open position, means forsupporting said back in the open position, 0 a receiving-hopper providedwith a trap-door, and a feed-chute intermediate said receivinghopper andsaid baling-chamber, the bottom of said chute being formed by said backwhen in an open position, and the end of said trap- 5 door, when thelatter is opened, engaging the upper end of the said back, as set forth.

7. A press, comprising a baling-chamber, a receiving-hopper, afeed-chute for filling said baling-cham-ber from said receiving-hopd pera trap-door normally closing the lower part of the hopper, the saidtrap-door being provided with a rearwardly-extending bandle, and aspring-arm supported on the back of the receiving-hopper at one side ofthe han- 5 5 (He and arranged to extend in the path of the handle whenthe trap-door is closed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 6o two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM P. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

M. B.- CRIGLER, J. E. MORGAN.-

